Rock. Rock has changed. Now, from here I could go on to do an extensive reworking of that Metal Gear Solid monologue but quite frankly, who has the time? Instead, it’s a healthy slice of the usual; a rundown, in 500 words or thereabouts, of the latest addition to the lengthy list of bands we at 7bitarcade think that you need in your life. Today’s induction to the Band of the Day roster is Super Love Giant, and explaining why the band are a worthy inclusion in a better way than their music does so already turns out to be quite the challenge.
Simply put, Super Love Giant’s brand of blues rock is one not often heard in the wild these days, and unless you look in the right places the best you’ll do is a one or two decade-old video shot in an American bar and reborn through Youtube. The barebones pairing are doing a grand job, however, of proving that they have what it takes to join Rival Sons, Alabama Shakes and if all goes well, another recent Band of the Day Gallery Circus in bringing the genre back into fashion. The guitar in ‘What She’s For’ is cut from the same cloth as the sounds that have cemented blues rock’s place in history, revitalised by Sam Boevey to help ensure the genre maintains its future. In ‘Only The Wicked Live Twice’, meanwhile, it’s the vocals that take the spotlight; the track boasts a chorus to die for and the power of Boevey’s lungs is the main reason. The throaty bellows of “good guys don’t live good lives” are a highlight of the band’s self-titled EP, though admittedly such a claim is not going to be without dispute. ‘Motherless Child’, for example, provides hefty competition. A little different to previous tracks, the steadily-swelling piece is substantially more epic in its sound; the penultimate piece on the EP that does a great job of standing out despite being lodged between two undeniably strong efforts in their own right – the aforementioned ‘What She’s For’ and the equally well-executed ‘Gung Ho’
Away from the EP, the duo are just as effective in earlier offerings. ‘Different Shade Of Beige’ is worthy of two separate kudos; firstly for being a damn good song, and secondly for unashamedly ripping off the Spongebob Squarepants theme in its intro and somehow managing to make it work. ‘Wasted Time Well Spent’ is a thunderous progression of riffs as the pair cram as much action as they can into the four-minute effort and coume out the other side with a lot to be proud of. ‘Don’t Do That There Again’ will use up all of your recommended daily allowance of foot-stamping and even that is par for the course across the duo’s slim but already impressive back catalogue.
Boevey and drummer Jonny Pyke have barely spent a couple of years together under the Super Love Giant moniker but already they sound like veterans, and its hard to run out of reasons to praise the pairing in their resuscitation of raw, purebred rock. Anything but boring and every bit as good as their emerging contemporaries, Super Love Giant will hopefully be a name we’ll be hearing plenty more of in future. Rock may have changed considerably over the decades, but this particular duo’s sound is timeless.
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